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Plausible Analytics vs PostHog: what AI actually recommends

The same buying questions, run after run, to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity: the record of which of these two they name first. No opinions, no scores we invented: what the models said.

AI currently favors Plausible Analytics. Ahead in 1 of 1 shared category on consensus rank.

That is the latest close, not a verdict for all time. The model-by-model board below shows where they agree, where they split, and how both brands moved.

At the latest close, Plausible Analytics leads 1 and PostHog leads 0 across the 1 category they both appear in.

Beyond this pairing, Plausible Analytics is ranked in 1 category and sits at #1 in 1; PostHog is ranked in 3 categories. The board below is the shared slice, where the four models place these two side by side.

The record, category by category.

Consensus rank · latest close
Website Analyticsof 14 on the record · full ranking
  • #1Plausible AnalyticsUp 1 from the last close
    Claude#1
    Gemini#1
    PPLX#3
    spread 2
  • #8PostHogDown 4 from the last close
    Gemini#4
    PPLX#10
    spread 10

On consensus rank, Plausible Analytics leads here, #1 to PostHog's #8. 68 to 21 on the 0-100 score. Every model that separates the two ranks Plausible Analytics ahead. Plausible Analytics climbed 1 since the last close.

What the models actually said.

The ranking is the answer; these are the words behind it. Every quote is from a recorded model answer — follow the category to read it whole.

Website Analytics

Plausible Analytics

Plausible Analytics — My strongest general recommendation because it combines an exceptionally usable dashboard with privacy-first, cookie-free measurement, conversion/event tracking, open-source code, and a self-hosting option without becoming an analytics project in itself.

ChatGPT

PostHog

PostHog — The best choice for a SaaS or web app because it joins web analytics with event/product analytics and session replay, letting product and engineering teams investigate both aggregate funnels and individual user journeys in one system.

ChatGPT

Where the models split.

Across the 1 category Plausible Analytics and PostHog both appear in, the models never break ranks: in each one, the same brand leads on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity alike.

No model runs against the grain here: each of the four ranks Plausible Analytics ahead at least as often as not, with Claude the most lopsided.

  • ChatGPTsplit 0-0
  • Claudefavors Plausible Analytics 1-0
  • Geminifavors Plausible Analytics 1-0
  • Perplexityfavors Plausible Analytics 1-0
Plausible Analytics · full AI ranking profileranked in 1 category · 1 at #1PostHog · full AI ranking profileranked in 3 categories